2015 Numbers Study Lesson 10

GOD BRINGS WATER OUT OF THE ROCK

Numbers 20:1-29

Key verse 20:8

"Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that
rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for
the community so they and their livestock can drink."

1. Where did the Israelite community arrive? When? (20:1) Why did the people
oppose Moses and Aaron (2-5)? What did Moses do (6)? What did God
command (7-9)?

2. How did Moses fail to honour the holy God (19-12a)? How did the Lord show
himself holy (12a, 13)? What is God’s holiness described in this passage?

3. What was Moses’ request to the Edomite king while at Kadesh (14-17)? What
was the Edomite king’s reply (18-21)? What did God say to Moses and Aaron
at Mount Hor (23-26)? How did Moses obey (27, 28)? What did the
community do when it learnt of Aaron’s death (29)?